2002

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The year is 2002. I'm doin' exactly what I wanna do. And baby I don't even think about you anymore. 
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Just thought I would drop you a line, let you know that I was doin' fine, cause baby it's been a 
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long, long time since you walked out my door. 
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It took some time, I must confess. For a while there I was feelin' less than my best. Had to get 
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outta town so I headed out west. Ended up in Seattle. 
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Just thought I'd start a brand new band. Thought I might call it Lonelyland, but things got a 
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little out of hand. Ended up hooked on Heroin. 
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So I ended up movin' back to Germany. Livin' with the folks and baggin' groceries, but the time I 
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had there was mostly free...spent most of it drinkin'. 
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Got myself in a jam or two. Guess it's what I had to do. But late at night I would still think of 
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you....felt like I was drownin'. 
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Til' I met this girl at a disco-tech. She was a dancer ,baby, but not what you'd expect. She taught 
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ballet and she was half Czec. Half Chinese. 
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But after she decided not to have the baby. Said she might move back to the mainland maybe. By then 
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I didn't really care. I was half drunk. Half crazy. 
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Got arrested once, but never convicted. My parents eventually had me evicted. Tried your number, 
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it'd been disconnected...guess I should have known. 
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Heard ya got married and moved away. Called your folks, but where they would not say. They said 
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it's probably better that way so I just let it be. 
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I moved back to Austin about a year ago. Drive a schoolbus I don't drink no more. I go out every 
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once in a while to see a show but mostly I just watch T.V. 
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So I don't know where I'm gonna send this letter. I doubt things are ever gonna get much better. It 
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seems like life's one big whatever...anyway. 
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Just thought I would drop you a line. Lie, and say I was doin' fine. Cause baby it's been a long, 
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long time since you walked out my door.